Team Leader

Company: EDWARD JONES
Location: Carol Stream
Posted on: November 21, 2022

Job Description:

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors. Edward Jones is looking for an individual to help lead innovation in the Software Delivery and Tools area that is responsible for supporting and enhancing the Developer Experience. This person will have the dual responsibilities for product delivery and for leadership of the Tech Testing Environments Team. What you'll do--- As a Team Leader, you will lead the effort to implement, configure, enhance, and support testing environments using leading-edge technologies. In this role, you will work closely with application teams, enterprise architects, business leaders, product owners, and vendors focused on environment availability while developing and implementing strategies for future environments in support of and in alignment with firm priorities. Essential Responsibilities and Tasks:
- Develop, implement, and execute change management, incident management, monitoring, and reporting processes in support of 24X5 environment availability
- Management of activities related to the implementation and delivery of products, enhancements, and streamlining of processes
- Design, develop, deliver next generation test environments
- Build strong partnerships and relationships with Product Teams, Quality Assurance, and infrastructure teams
- Develop and implement environmental improvements and efficiencies for the benefit of environment users contributing to the delivery of quality solutions in a timely manner
- Ensure effective maintenance of test environment infrastructure components while maintaining environment availability
People leadership:
- Continuously develop/execute team process improvements
- Provide leadership, coaching and mentoring of associates
- Continuously identify team resource needs
- Establish and maintain effective communication and relationships across teams
- Lead by example, demonstrating firm values
- Influence stakeholders related to environment strategies
- Manage and maintain effective relationships with external vendors

Position Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree preferred or related work experience
- Environmental experience and knowledge including Windows, Linux, Servers, Workstations, WebLogic, Kubernetes, Security, Network, etc.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience directly related to Technology with at least 3 years in a leadership role (mentoring associates, lead analyst, project leader, etc.)
- Exposure to agile and product management practices
- Understanding of agile software development methodologies and processes within IS (change management, QA, Project Life Cycle, etc.)
- Knowledge of developer tools and their interactions, infrastructure dependencies, system controls, monitoring etc.

100 Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2022, published Fortune July 2022, Great Places to Work - data as of March 2022. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating. Edward Jones was recognized as one of the Best Workplaces for Millennials by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine. The privately held firm ranked No. 2 overall, in its fourth appearance on the list.

2022 Fortune Best Workplaces for Women, published September 2022, research by Great Places to Work -, data as of August 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating. Edward Jones has been named to the 2022 Best Workplaces for Women list by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine, ranking No. 45.

2022 Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, published April 2022, research by Great Place to Work -, data as of August 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating. For the 23rd time, Edward Jones has earned a spot on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For - ranking by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine. Edward Jones ranked No. 35 on the prestigious 2022 list.
2022 Best Places to Work For LGBTQ+ Equality, Great Place to Work - in partnership with Human Rights Campaign Foundation, published Equity Magazine January 2022, data as of July 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating. Edward Jones scored 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) the nation's foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. The ranking designated Jones as one of the best places to work for LGBTQ+Equality.

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate:
Salary: $106916 - $182047
Category: Headquarters

Keywords: EDWARD JONES, Carol Stream , Team Leader, Other , Carol Stream, Illinois